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Even though the latest draft of the 2014 Formula One schedule shows a New Jersey date for June 1, many believe that the race is still a longshot. Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC

Ferrari sporting director Massimo Rivola said on Friday that the 2014 schedule will cause problems for the teams, especially if the proposed race at New Jersey keeps its June 1 race date.

Like many Formula One insiders, Rivola, who expects the final tally to drop from 22 to 20 races, believes that the unprecedented three-week stretch of Monaco, New Jersey and Canada would be a logistical nightmare. Cars and equipment would have to be rushed straight from Monaco to the United States.

"To be honest, I'm still hoping we come back to the 20 races as per the current sporting regulation," said Rivola. "We will see. At the moment the calendar is not the best calendar possible in terms of logistics. Even the first race in Australia, alone, is not ideal. From the logistics side, I would prefer to stop and do a race in a back-to-back coming back from Australia. For sure there are some good commercial reasons behind this that I am not aware of, but we will see. When the calendar is 100 percent fixed we will manage it."

Regarding the Monaco-New Jersey trip, he said, "I can say that even for a top team it's something almost impossible, to be honest, to be done. But as I said, we will see the real calendar and then we figure it out."

Meanwhile, Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder said, "Technically, it will be very difficult to have a back-to-back from Monaco to Jersey, because normally the freight will leave for Canada, let's say, on the Saturday before the race. And so that's why, if you're only able to send your freight on a Monday or a Tuesday, it compromises your weekend quite a bit."